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I am running a Duron 800MHZ CPU with a VIA chipset in my ATX motherboard and
320 MB of RAM. I want to upgrade my Windows 98 S/E to Windows 2000 whilst
preserving the settings in all my applications. That means upgrading "over
the top", and W2000 says that it is up to it. However, I keep my System
("C") on a separate partition which is 800MB in size as this makes backing
up the system "C" partition very quick. 2000 says that it will allow me a
choice of operating systems and dual boot. Then it tells me that there is
not sufficient room on "C" for both of them so a simple direct upgrade is
not possible. It tells me to install 2000 on "D" as a clean install. This
will entail reinstalling all my applications.
How do I get Windows 2000 to upgrade my Windows 98 S/E system without the
choice of dual boot, please? At the end of the process I want a PC which has
Windows 2000 only in "C".

Thank you for your kind attention,

J.

You'll need to first expand the partition large enough to accommodate the
upgrade. While the upgrade may only require ~650 mB free space, I would
suggest at least 5 gB. IMO it's simply not worth the trouble, given that
you'll more than likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/
corruption left behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for
the clean install.

To do a clean install, either boot the CD-Rom or boot the Windows 2000 setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom;
change to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe
(from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"J" wrote:
> I am running a Duron 800MHZ CPU with a VIA chipset in my ATX motherboard
and
> 320 MB of RAM. I want to upgrade my Windows 98 S/E to Windows 2000 whilst
> preserving the settings in all my applications. That means upgrading "over
> the top", and W2000 says that it is up to it. However, I keep my System
> ("C") on a separate partition which is 800MB in size as this makes backing
> up the system "C" partition very quick. 2000 says that it will allow me a
> choice of operating systems and dual boot. Then it tells me that there is
> not sufficient room on "C" for both of them so a simple direct upgrade is
> not possible. It tells me to install 2000 on "D" as a clean install. This
> will entail reinstalling all my applications.
> How do I get Windows 2000 to upgrade my Windows 98 S/E system without the
> choice of dual boot, please? At the end of the process I want a PC which
has
> Windows 2000 only in "C".
>
> Thank you for your kind attention,
>
> J.
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
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> You'll need to first expand the partition large enough to accommodate the
> upgrade. While the upgrade may only require ~650 mB free space, I would
SNIP
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
>
> "J" wrote:
> > I am running a Duron 800MHZ CPU with a VIA chipset in my ATX motherboard
SNIP
How do I get Windows 2000 to upgrade my Windows 98 S/E system without the
> > choice of dual boot, please? At the end of the process I want a PC which
> has
> > Windows 2000 only in "C".
> >
> > Thank you for your kind attention,
> >
> > J.

Thank you Dave Patrick. That's the exact information I needed.
Cheers,
J.